"the test of a cook is how she boils an egg. My boiled eggs are fantastic, fabulous. Sometimes as hard as a 100 carat diamond, or again soft as a feather bed, or running like a cooling stream, they can also burst like fireworks from their shells and take on the look and rubbery texture of a baby octopus. Never a dull egg, with me."

-- Nancy Mitford

#Running Quotes #Baby Quotes #Food Quotes

“My painting teacher in high school used to say, 'I can't paint like I want to, but through practice I'll get better.' But I don't think that's true. I think sometimes you just can't paint.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Since you control a federal budget that has just been increased from $17.8 billion last year to $19.2 billion this year, is asking people like you if we should continue with our nation's current drug policy like a person asking a barber if one needs a haircut?”

Source : "Is Our Drug Policy Failing? Don't Ask". articles.latimes.com. March 29, 2000.
“If you consider, for example, that democracy is much like a religion then 9/11 is akin to finding the body of God.”

Source : "Some Recent RAW Stories". Comment #40, www.bradblog.com. July 8, 2005.
“Much of the left-liberal elite despise traditional religious beliefs ... in general, they are profoundly uncomfortable with religious institutions and the traditional values they embody.”

Source : William John Bennett (1994). “The De-valuing of America: The Fight for Our Culture and Our Children”, p.213, Simon and Schuster
“Tragedy in life normally comes with betrayal and compromise, and trading on your integrity and not having dignity in life. That's really where failure comes.”
“When I ask people to contemplate selflessness, the sometimes react as if I've asked them to put their house on the market or give away all their money. If there was a self that existed in the way we think, discovering selflessness would be like putting our house on the market. But in the Buddhist tradition, the discovery of selflessness is called "completely joyful." It's not called "the raw end of the deal," or "I'd rather go back to bed," or "This is scary and depressing."”
“I think the talent is there to get to Super Bowl 5.”
“All your life, you will be faced with a choice. You can choose love or hateâ€¦I choose love.”

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